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  • Yellowjacket trimming vegetation away from entrance to nest
    Yellowjacket-20391_crop.jpg
  • Yellowjacket expanding nest; removing soil from hive chamber
    Yellowjacket-20454_crop.jpg
  • Yellowjacket returning to nest with food
    yellowjacket-20216_crop.jpg
  • A Spangled-winged Thread-waisted Wasp (Ammophila pictipennis) places a larger pebble on its nest entrance to hide it from other insects. These wasps dig a brood tunnel and lay a single egg on a stung caterpillar. Then, before they leave to hunt for additional caterpillars (to ensure the larva has enough food until they pupate), they plug the brood chamber entrance with a larger pebble and hide it with the surrounding sand. Camouflaging the entrance prevents predation and parasitization of their larva by other insects. This image shows the plug pebble covered with sand.
    Spangled-winged_Thread-waisted_Wasp-...jpg
  • A Spangled-winged Thread-waisted Wasp (Ammophila pictipennis) places a larger pebble on its nest entrance to hide it from other insects. These wasps dig a brood tunnel and lay a single egg on a stung caterpillar. Then, before they leave to hunt for additional caterpillars (to ensure the larva has enough food until they pupate), they plug the brood chamber entrance with a larger pebble and hide it with the surrounding sand. Camouflaging the entrance prevents predation and parasitization of their larva by other insects. This image shows how it bends its front legs,  using the stronger hairs on them to move the sand quickly.
    Spangled-winged_Thread-waisted_Wasp-...jpg
  • A Spangled-winged Thread-waisted Wasp (Ammophila pictipennis) places a larger pebble on its nest entrance to hide it from other insects. These wasps dig a brood tunnel and lay a single egg on a stung caterpillar. Then, before they leave to hunt for additional caterpillars (to ensure the larva has enough food until they pupate), they plug the brood chamber entrance with a larger pebble and hide it with the surrounding sand. Camouflaging the entrance prevents predation and parasitization of their larva by other insects.
    Spangled-winged_Thread-waisted_Wasp-...jpg
  • The busy entrance of a bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) nest, with workers fanning the entrance to cool the nest, and a worker removing a dead larva.
    bald-faced_hornet-E7321.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flys back to the busy nest entrance with food. Another fans the entrance to cool down the nest, while a third leaves to forage.
    bald-faced_hornet-E13295.jpg
  • Bald-faced hornets (Dolichovespula maculata) working at the nest entrance - fanning to help cool the nest, and building up the paper walls of the enclosure.
    bald-faced_hornet-E7333.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjackets (Vespula maculifrons) midair collision at entrance to nest; one returning with food, the other leaving to forage.
    eastern_yellowjackets-22906L.jpg
  • Widow yellowjacket (Vespula vidua) flying from the nest entrance with a clump of sandy soil removed to enlarge the nest. AKA long yellowjacket.
    Widow_yellowjacket-E40499.jpg
  • An Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) flies head-on to the camera while maneuvering at the nest entrance.
    yellowjacket-E27256.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjackets (Vespula maculifrons) midair collision at entrance to nest; one returning with food, the other leaving to forage.
    eastern_yellowjackets-22906_crop.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flies back to the nest, while another fans the entrance to cool the nest.
    bald-faced_hornet-E12117.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) at nest entrance
    eastern_yellowjacket-22760_crop.jpg
  • Birdhouse in winter, with squirrel damage at entrance hole.
    birdhouse-5692.jpg
  • Widow yellowjacket (Vespula vidua) flying at the underground nest entrance. AKA Long Yellowjacket.
    Widow_yellowjacket-E40509.jpg
  • A foraging Bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flys back to the busy nest entrance with food.
    bald-faced_hornet-E11922.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flying back to a busy nest entrance.
    bald-faced_hornet-E12754.jpg
  • Bald-faced hornets (Dolichovespula maculata) fanning the entrance to help cool the nest.
    bald-faced_hornet-E7314.jpg
  • Entrance burrow to Eastern Yellowjacket nest
    eastern_yellowjacket_nest-24008.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) in flight at nest entrance.
    eastern_yellowjacket-22389_crop.jpg
  • German Yellowjacket (Vespula germanicaxanthic) building nest, in flight at nest entrance. Lower wasp is leaving with a clump of soil (excavating a larger underground chamber); upper one is returning with cellulose stripped from old wood (to build paper nest)
    German_Yellowjacket-28521.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) flying from the nest entrance with a clump of soil removed to enlarge the nest.
    Eastern_Yellowjacket-E41599.jpg
  • Two Eastern Yellowjackets (Vespula maculifrons) flying back to the underground nest entrance. The rear one with a clump of chewed wood fibers for building the nest's paper cells and walls.
    Eastern_Yellowjacket-E41540.jpg
  • An Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) returns to the nest entrance as another flies off with a clump of soil removed to enlarge the nest cavity.
    Eastern_Yellowjacket-E41318.jpg
  • An Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons)  flies from the nest entrance with a large clump of sandy soil removed to enlarge the nest cavity.
    Eastern_Yellowjacket-E41274.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) in flight at the nest entrance.
    Eastern_Yellowjacket-E40948.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) flying back to the underground nest entrance.
    Eastern_Yellowjacket-E40779.jpg
  • The back of an Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons), in flight at the underground nest entrance.
    Eastern_Yellowjacket-E40768.jpg
  • A Bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flying back to the busy nest entrance.
    bald-faced_hornet-E11458.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flys back to the nest; a larger queen wasp is at the entrance.
    bald-faced_hornet-E12458.jpg
  • Yellowjacket Queen and worker (Vespula maculifrons) at entrance to nest.
    yellowjacket_queen-21637_crop.jpg
  • Yellowjacket in flight at nest entrance
    Yellowjacket-20470_crop.jpg
  • Widow yellowjacket (Vespula vidua) flying from the nest entrance with sandy soil removed to enlarge the nest. AKA long yellowjacket.
    Widow_yellowjacket-E40706.jpg
  • Two Widow yellowjackets (Vespula vidua) flying back to the nest entrance. AKA Long Yellowjacket.
    Widow_yellowjacket-E40698.jpg
  • Top view of a Widow yellowjacket (Vespula vidua) flying from the underground nest entrance. AKA Long yellowjacket.
    Widow_yellowjacket-E40614.jpg
  • Widow yellowjacket (Vespula vidua) flying from the nest entrance with a clump of sandy soil removed to enlarge the nest. AKA long yellowjacket.
    Widow_yellowjacket-E40548.jpg
  • Two Eastern Yellowjackets (Vespula maculifrons) flying back to the underground nest entrance. The upper one with food.
    Eastern_Yellowjacket-E40907.jpg
  • Widow yellowjacket (Vespula vidua) flying from the nest entrance with a clump of wet soil removed to enlarge the nest. AKA long yellowjacket.
    Widow_yellowjacket-E40579.jpg
  • Widow yellowjacket (Vespula vidua) taking flight from the nest entrance with a clump of sandy soil removed to enlarge the nest. AKA long yellowjacket.
    Widow_yellowjacket-E40485.jpg
  • Two Eastern Yellowjackets (Vespula maculifrons) flying to and from the the underground nest entrance.
    Eastern_Yellowjacket-E41608.jpg
  • Two Eastern Yellowjackets (Vespula maculifrons) flying to and from the the underground nest entrance.
    Eastern_Yellowjacket-E41522.jpg
  • Two Eastern Yellowjackets (Vespula maculifrons) flying to the underground nest entrance.
    Eastern_Yellowjacket-E41226.jpg
  • An Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) returns to the nest entrance as another flies off with a clump of soil removed to enlarge the nest cavity.
    Eastern_Yellowjacket-E41181.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) banking at the nest entrance.
    Eastern_Yellowjacket-E41155.jpg
  • Two Eastern Yellowjackets (Vespula maculifrons) in flight at the underground nest entrance - one coming, the other returning.
    Eastern_Yellowjacket-E40820.jpg
  • An Eastern Yellowjacket (Vespula maculifrons) flies from the nest entrance with a clump of soil removed to enlarge the nest cavity.
    Eastern_Yellowjacket-E40816.jpg
  • Bald-faced hornets (Dolichovespula maculata) jam up at the nest entrance.
    bald-faced_hornet_traffic_jam-E8228.jpg
  • Bald-faced hornets (Dolichovespula maculata) return to the nest entrance with food.
    bald-faced_hornet-E10691.jpg
  • Eastern Yellowjackets building nest, in flight at nest entrance. Lower wasp is leaving with a clump of soil (excavating a larger underground chamber); upper one is returning with cellulose stripped from old wood (to build paper nest)
    Eastern_Yellowjacket-28521.jpg
  • Yellowjackets (Vespula maculifrons) in flight at nest entrance
    eastern_yellowjackets-21759.jpg
  • Two Eastern Yellowjackets (Vespula maculifrons) flying back to the underground nest entrance.
    Eastern_Yellowjacket-E41192.jpg
  • A bald-faced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flys back to the busy nest entrance.
    bald-faced_hornet-E11954.jpg